Sumner Tunnel Boston construction photographs, 1929-1933

Collection: SC-0130 1| Contact: library.archives@umb.edu
University of Massachusetts Boston
University Archives and Special Collections
Joseph P. Healey Library
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
library.archives@umb.edu
SUMNER TUNNEL (BOSTON): CONSTRUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS
1929-1933
Accession Number: 107-01b
Repository: University of Massachusetts Boston. University Archives and Special Collections
Creator: Unknown
Title: Sumner Tunnel (Boston): Construction Photographs
Date [inclusive]: 1929-1933
Extent: .25 linear feet (64 photographs)
Language: English
Citation: Courtesy of the University Archives and Special Collections Department, Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts Boston: Sumner Tunnel (Boston): Construction Photographs
Processing Information: Processed by Elizabeth Mock, July 2010; finding aid reviewed by Jessica Holden, May 2015
Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open for research use.
Copyright: Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
This collection was donated to University Archives and Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco on January 18, 2007.
HISTORICAL NOTE
The photographs document the construction of the first Boston Harbor tunnel, later called the Sumner Tunnel. The tunnel was constructed to handle automobile traffic from the North End of Boston to East Boston. The tunnel opened in 1935.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The 64 black and white photographs are backed with linen to be kept in a three ring binder. All of the photographs are labeled with information about the exact location in the North End/Haymarket Square neighborhood and the work being done. They are all dated. The creator of the photographs is not known. Also included are three parcel maps with corresponding lists Collection: SC-0130 2| Contact: library.archives@umb.edu .

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Collection: SC-0130 1| Contact: library.archives@umb.edu
University of Massachusetts Boston
University Archives and Special Collections
Joseph P. Healey Library
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
library.archives@umb.edu
SUMNER TUNNEL (BOSTON): CONSTRUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS
1929-1933
Accession Number: 107-01b
Repository: University of Massachusetts Boston. University Archives and Special Collections
Creator: Unknown
Title: Sumner Tunnel (Boston): Construction Photographs
Date [inclusive]: 1929-1933
Extent: .25 linear feet (64 photographs)
Language: English
Citation: Courtesy of the University Archives and Special Collections Department, Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts Boston: Sumner Tunnel (Boston): Construction Photographs
Processing Information: Processed by Elizabeth Mock, July 2010; finding aid reviewed by Jessica Holden, May 2015
Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open for research use.
Copyright: Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
This collection was donated to University Archives and Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco on January 18, 2007.
HISTORICAL NOTE
The photographs document the construction of the first Boston Harbor tunnel, later called the Sumner Tunnel. The tunnel was constructed to handle automobile traffic from the North End of Boston to East Boston. The tunnel opened in 1935.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The 64 black and white photographs are backed with linen to be kept in a three ring binder. All of the photographs are labeled with information about the exact location in the North End/Haymarket Square neighborhood and the work being done. They are all dated. The creator of the photographs is not known. Also included are three parcel maps with corresponding lists Collection: SC-0130 2| Contact: library.archives@umb.edu .